amorality

IPA/ˌeɪməˈræləti/
IPA/ˌeɪməˈræləti/

amorality — 名詞

1. a state of not caring whether actions are good or bad, so decisions are made as

1.名詞C1
釋義

無道德感

對是非善惡毫不在意的狀態

a state of not caring whether actions are good or bad, so decisions are made as if questions of right and wrong do not matter

例句

Reporters saw the minister's amorality in his joking response to the deaths.

記者從那位部長面對死者時開玩笑的回應，看出他的無道德感。

see + amorality in someone's response

Christopher warned that market amorality could leave poor patients without care.

Christopher 警告，市場的無道德感可能讓貧困病人得不到照顧。

market amorality in public criticism

常見搭配
  • market amorality
  • corporate amorality
  • political amorality
  • sheer amorality
  • cold amorality
同義詞
  • amoralism

    more philosophical; often names a doctrine rather than everyday behaviour

  • moral indifference

    plainer and less formal; stresses not caring rather than a stable quality

  • cynicism

    focuses on distrust of motives, not necessarily the absence of moral concern

反義詞
  • morality

    the general system or sense of right and wrong

  • conscience

    stresses an inner feeling that guides moral choices

文法句型

amorality of N

amorality toward N

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and common in formal discussion of politics, business, fiction, or psychology. Use immorality instead when you want to say an action is morally wrong; amorality stresses that moral judgment is missing or treated as irrelevant.

常見錯誤

The fraud showed the amorality of the officials.
The fraud showed the immorality of the officials.
use immorality when the point is that the behaviour was wrong; amorality means moral judgment is absent or ignored.

同根字

  • amoral
    形容詞C1
  • amoralism
    名詞C2
  • amoralist
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • market amorality
  • corporate amorality
  • political amorality

常用片語

  • a streak of amorality
  • the amorality of power

介系詞搭配

  • amorality of (a person or system)
  • amorality toward (others)